Dragonfly Spiral
@spiraldragonfly.bsky.social
Living in a small house in the woods.
Interested in many things, including renewable energy, healthcare for all, basic income for all, freedom from discrimination for all, including trans folks.
Interested in many things, including renewable energy, healthcare for all, basic income for all, freedom from discrimination for all, including trans folks.
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So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
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not only are they the same playbook, but the attacks are intertwined; while HHS is attacking trans health care, they're also falsely claiming that autistic people lack the self-knowledge necessary to participate in their own medical and life decisions and must be "protected" from exercising autonomy
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
not only are they the same playbook, but the attacks are intertwined; while HHS is attacking trans health care, they're also falsely claiming that autistic people lack the self-knowledge necessary to participate in their own medical and life decisions and must be "protected" from exercising autonomy
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this is such a critical connection to draw too, because Kennedy's working from the same playbook for his attacks on the trans community that he also uses to attack vaccines and disabled people.
Only one story, in the New Republic, made the direct connection between Kennedy’s repeated peddling of junk science and the effort to end healthcare for transgender minors.
Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
this is such a critical connection to draw too, because Kennedy's working from the same playbook for his attacks on the trans community that he also uses to attack vaccines and disabled people.
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Maybe we should all start writing to the OfS every time a Uni does a crap job of advertising a seminar, to illustrate how pathetic these sorts of complaints are.
"Not enought people came to hear me talk about porous GaN because only one poster was put up! My freedom of speech has been violated!"
"Not enought people came to hear me talk about porous GaN because only one poster was put up! My freedom of speech has been violated!"
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Maybe we should all start writing to the OfS every time a Uni does a crap job of advertising a seminar, to illustrate how pathetic these sorts of complaints are.
"Not enought people came to hear me talk about porous GaN because only one poster was put up! My freedom of speech has been violated!"
"Not enought people came to hear me talk about porous GaN because only one poster was put up! My freedom of speech has been violated!"
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NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
Church organ tuning records mirror our warming climate
The records appear to reflect climate change, as well as the increased heating of churches in winter
www.thereengineer.pro
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
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It was really fun to write about this especially because, a couple of years ago, I put together a story about researchers finding old weather records in school logbooks from the Scottish islands.
Where else might climate and weather data be hiding??
www.inkcapjournal.co.uk/storm-worse-...
Where else might climate and weather data be hiding??
www.inkcapjournal.co.uk/storm-worse-...
‘Storm worse than ever today’: how schoolteachers tracked weather in the Outer Hebrides
School logbooks from the nineteenth century reveal how islanders coped with a period of particularly stormy weather. In their resilience is a lesson for the future.
www.inkcapjournal.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It was really fun to write about this especially because, a couple of years ago, I put together a story about researchers finding old weather records in school logbooks from the Scottish islands.
Where else might climate and weather data be hiding??
www.inkcapjournal.co.uk/storm-worse-...
Where else might climate and weather data be hiding??
www.inkcapjournal.co.uk/storm-worse-...
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Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
The Neglected Front in RFK Jr.’s War on Science — Assigned
As trans healthcare is decimated no one is standing up for the integrity of the scientific process for these patients.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
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This was my approach when trying to get oral interviews with segregationists for my first book.
“I’m writing about you and I’d love to get your input, but I’m writing about you either way.”
“I’m writing about you and I’d love to get your input, but I’m writing about you either way.”
You do everything in your power to get every relevant voice in a story. But as one of my former colleagues told a local official who thought his silence would kill a piece: “I’d like to have you. But the story is being written with or without you.”
Reporter: We have 3 videos, 2 breathalyzers, 4 bartenders, and a minivan full of nuns attesting to how the driver was drunk and reckless when he hit the school bus.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
December 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This was my approach when trying to get oral interviews with segregationists for my first book.
“I’m writing about you and I’d love to get your input, but I’m writing about you either way.”
“I’m writing about you and I’d love to get your input, but I’m writing about you either way.”
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Remember back on Twitter when I kept saying: this transphobia under the guise of “protecting women” is gonna come back to harm non trans ppl, specifically black women
Yeah welp now in Texas you can legally take photos of women in the bathroom that you think are “too masculine & might be trans”
Yeah welp now in Texas you can legally take photos of women in the bathroom that you think are “too masculine & might be trans”
December 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Remember back on Twitter when I kept saying: this transphobia under the guise of “protecting women” is gonna come back to harm non trans ppl, specifically black women
Yeah welp now in Texas you can legally take photos of women in the bathroom that you think are “too masculine & might be trans”
Yeah welp now in Texas you can legally take photos of women in the bathroom that you think are “too masculine & might be trans”
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cw antisemitism and transphobia
You know, I don't think your problem with Israel is the same as more decent people's
You know, I don't think your problem with Israel is the same as more decent people's
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
cw antisemitism and transphobia
You know, I don't think your problem with Israel is the same as more decent people's
You know, I don't think your problem with Israel is the same as more decent people's
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The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
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It’s so funny the person who started “The Free Press” is now in charge of state TV.
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It’s so funny the person who started “The Free Press” is now in charge of state TV.
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NEW: Todd Blanche, the second-highest official at the DOJ, issued a memo to shut down enforcement against crypto companies while he still held more than $150,000 in crypto investments, ProPublica found.
One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.”
One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.”
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, experts told ProPublica.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
NEW: Todd Blanche, the second-highest official at the DOJ, issued a memo to shut down enforcement against crypto companies while he still held more than $150,000 in crypto investments, ProPublica found.
One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.”
One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.”
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Testify!
Have you seen the most recent one?
"Proud heritage American!"
~The war cry of mediocre white kids with no personal accomplishment
Have you seen the most recent one?
"Proud heritage American!"
~The war cry of mediocre white kids with no personal accomplishment
December 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Testify!
Have you seen the most recent one?
"Proud heritage American!"
~The war cry of mediocre white kids with no personal accomplishment
Have you seen the most recent one?
"Proud heritage American!"
~The war cry of mediocre white kids with no personal accomplishment
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Man, the POST is carpetbombing her? The POST?!?
Good morning. This story is the lead at the Murdoch’s NY Post and third lead at the WSJ and Fox News.
It’s nowhere to be found at CBS News.
It’s nowhere to be found at CBS News.
December 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Man, the POST is carpetbombing her? The POST?!?
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December 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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"That woman with the camera is back. I hate that featherless freak."
"Whooo--?"
"Whooo--?"
December 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"That woman with the camera is back. I hate that featherless freak."
"Whooo--?"
"Whooo--?"
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For reasons nobody can make sense of, a disgusting dense sphere made of dried fruit and candied peel is due to be served in homes around the world on December 25th.
Non-autistics celebrate most wonderful time of year with worst pudding imaginable
Neurotypicals have once more opted to celebrate a cherished day in the winter calendar with a dessert option unanimously thought to be revolting, it has been announced. For reasons nobody can make…
thedailytism.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
For reasons nobody can make sense of, a disgusting dense sphere made of dried fruit and candied peel is due to be served in homes around the world on December 25th.
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Holding a story because the subject of reporting refuses to provide comment is b.s. and everyone knows it, even Bari Weiss.
Just Google "request for comment" and "site:https://www.thefp.com" and you'll see pages of stories on Weiss' own website published without comment.
Just Google "request for comment" and "site:https://www.thefp.com" and you'll see pages of stories on Weiss' own website published without comment.
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Holding a story because the subject of reporting refuses to provide comment is b.s. and everyone knows it, even Bari Weiss.
Just Google "request for comment" and "site:https://www.thefp.com" and you'll see pages of stories on Weiss' own website published without comment.
Just Google "request for comment" and "site:https://www.thefp.com" and you'll see pages of stories on Weiss' own website published without comment.
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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There’s an Arabic version of “every cloud has a silver lining” that translates to “no cows, no feeding them at dawn.” A Scots version is “today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky.” And a Romanian phrase for looking on the bright side is un șut în fund, un pas înainte, or “a kick in the ass, a step forward”
December 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
There’s an Arabic version of “every cloud has a silver lining” that translates to “no cows, no feeding them at dawn.” A Scots version is “today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky.” And a Romanian phrase for looking on the bright side is un șut în fund, un pas înainte, or “a kick in the ass, a step forward”
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Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
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Most US media are oblivious to Melania's role in the Epstein world and do no reporting on it. But Melania was introduced to Trump by Epstein while she was working for a modeling agency which Epstein controlled. This has appeared in UK media, but Melania struggling to keep it unpublished in the US.
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Most US media are oblivious to Melania's role in the Epstein world and do no reporting on it. But Melania was introduced to Trump by Epstein while she was working for a modeling agency which Epstein controlled. This has appeared in UK media, but Melania struggling to keep it unpublished in the US.